Back when they were in Xianyun City, Tong Zhongqiu had rarely concerned himself with the affairs of the surrounding sects, as Gong Guanzi usually handled such matters.
Thus, his memories of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect remained stuck in the distant past, when its cultivation methods were incomplete and its strongest members had only reached the late Aperture Refining Realm.
Even when they had come to the Endless Sea together this time, Tong Zhongqiu had merely given the Yuan Chen Sword Sect a few cursory glances and found that it truly had not changed much.
But that was the normal state of things. After all, when a sect's cultivation methods were flawed, it was difficult for it to go very far. Being able to remain where it was without declining could already be called capable leadership.
"Who broke through?" Tong Zhongqiu looked at Gong Guanzi and asked in a deep voice.
How difficult was it to reach the Joint Aperture Realm? Yet someone had actually emerged from the Yuan Chen Sword Sect. From what Tong Zhongqiu had seen that day, those two late Aperture Refining Realm cultivators were already quite old.
One of them was even nearing the end of his lifespan. His essence, qi, and spirit had been depleted, and he had only a few years left to live.
Under such circumstances, no one should have been able to break through to the Joint Aperture Realm. Even if those two desperately tried to break through, throwing their lives away without hesitation, there should have been no outcome other than death and dissipation.
Breaking through to the Joint Aperture Realm was not something one could accomplish merely by risking one's life. If risking one's life could truly change one's fate, the Joint Aperture Realm would not hold such lofty status.